Comments on: Seriously, Petroleum may not be “Fossil Fuel” (and may not be running out!) http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/707?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seriously-petroleum-may-not-be-fossil-fuel-and-may-not-be-running-out Where my thoughts and your eyes (and now ears!) collide Mon, 14 May 2012 20:59:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Steve Swartz http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/707/comment-page-1#comment-10313 Steve Swartz Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:10:02 +0000 http://theprofessornotes.com/?p=707#comment-10313 You're right- the alternative theory has existed for quite som time; the Soviet/Russian research has built a credible case only in the last two decades or so. [Oil being generated continuo"deposits" we have been tapping is only excess oil being forced up through seams into voids in the earth's crust. The track of the seams can be predicted fairly accurately; the pattern of oil "deposits" matches fairly closely with the movement of the layers in question.] If you really want to be disillusioned, check out the research on the gene that causes lung cancer. The research shows that nicotine actually delays the progress of the cancer, and provides relief to the discomfort the precancerous phenomenon causes. So . . . smoking doesn't cause cnacer; but those withe the gene will self medicate by smoking cigarettes. And extend their lives by 7-12 years! Note that there are three ways to interpret the epidemiological correlation: A causes B; B causes A; or C causes both A and B. While US researchers focused on smokers with cancer, other researchers focused on smokers without cancer, and nonsmokers with cancer. When do you think the AMA will recongize *that* little gem? You’re right- the alternative theory has existed for quite som time; the Soviet/Russian research has built a credible case only in the last two decades or so.

[Oil being generated continuo"deposits" we have been tapping is only excess oil being forced up through seams into voids in the earth's crust. The track of the seams can be predicted fairly accurately; the pattern of oil "deposits" matches fairly closely with the movement of the layers in question.]

If you really want to be disillusioned, check out the research on the gene that causes lung cancer. The research shows that nicotine actually delays the progress of the cancer, and provides relief to the discomfort the precancerous phenomenon causes. So . . . smoking doesn’t cause cnacer; but those withe the gene will self medicate by smoking cigarettes. And extend their lives by 7-12 years!

Note that there are three ways to interpret the epidemiological correlation: A causes B; B causes A; or C causes both A and B. While US researchers focused on smokers with cancer, other researchers focused on smokers without cancer, and nonsmokers with cancer.

When do you think the AMA will recongize *that* little gem?

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